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Feb 20, 2023 • 4 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
1. New from @dcoxpolls: “Close to half (45%) of college-educated single women say their relationship status is largely due to an inability to find someone who meets their expectations.” @FamStudies @AEI ifstudies.org/blog/the-colle…
2. For a majority of single, college-educated women these are dating liabilities:

Being

✔️ Republican
✔️ Not college-educated
✔️ Very religious

Narrows the pool a good bit. Source: @dcoxpolls
3. "College-educated women are far more likely than those without a degree to say a partner’s political views, personal habits, and current financial situation are important considerations." @dcoxpolls @FamStudies ifstudies.org/blog/the-colle…
4. and finally: "Half of college-educated women say that it would be impossible (21%) or very difficult (29%) to date someone who held a contrary opinion on the legality of abortion, vs. one-third of women without a degree." ifstudies.org/blog/the-colle…

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Apr 8
1. @katebachwsj opens up @UVA: Most Americans still aspire to marriage and have kids. But some are struggling to find partners and start families.
2. @Louise_m_perry -- Yes, marriage is in retreat, at least compared to the mid-20th century. But things have leveled off of late. Imp to note that "Marriage is human universal. We need some way to manage heterosexuality" & "reproduction." "Marriage is the way societies" have organized this.
3. @michelleinbklyn: I don't agree with @BradWilcoxIFS premise that marriage has a PR problem. I don't think women are not concerned w/ finding a partner. Marriage is fairly robust among upper SES. Where marriage has fallen apart, it's where it's a bad economic bargain... "I think it has to do with the brutality of the dating market... It's not because they have watched too much Sex in the City.. The marriageable men aren't really out there."
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Feb 7
1. New Study: The happiest wives have husbands who are more protective -- as well as committed, religious & romantic. Wives' odds of being "very happy" increase by

☑️ 137% w/ more protective
☑️ 399% w/ more committed
☑️ 112% w/ more religious
☑️ 56% w/ more romantic

husbands. Image
2. “One of the striking things I found in speaking to wives on both the left and the right is that they were generally markedly happier when they told me that their husbands made them feel physically safe or protected." Image
3. “Commitment to one’s spouse has long been recognized as a foundation for developing a flourishing marriage,” said @DrJasonCarroll. “While commitment has always been an important part of healthy marriage, it may be even more significant for couples today where they are surrounded by media and cultural trends that often encourage spouses to turn their attention toward careers, friends, and technology.”
Read 5 tweets
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Dec 19, 2024
In 2024, the link between voting Republican & having more babies deepened. Here's what it looked like in the '24 presidential election: Image
Here's the shift illustrated from 2012-2024 by @grantjbailey:

R Squared goes from...

.08 in 2012 to .26 in 2024: Image
But as @PTBwrites noted, while Republican counties have higher fertility rates, these babies are not necessarily being born into more stable families.
Read 5 tweets
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Oct 31, 2024
1. "Is the long-standing tie between the Republican Party & marriage fraying in an era when the party’s standard bearer has flouted so many of the institution’s values and virtues?

No, the data suggest that the relationship between the Republican Party and marriage has largely persisted amidst the Trump era." @FamStudiesifstudies.org/blog/the-repub…
2. "Overall, the relative Republican advantage when it comes to [marriage] has grown a bit, even as fewer Americans—including Republicans—are currently married."

Re: Marriage:
✔️ In 2000, Rs > Ds by 10 percentage pts
✔️ In 2022, Rs > Ds 15 percentage pts Image
3. Marriage is down most among less-educated Americans, as these figures indicate. But it's also the case that less-educated Republicans are markedly more likely to be married: Image
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Sep 28, 2024
Never thought I'd see this.

Churchgoing ⬆️ in Gen Z.

Led by... young men.

@ryanburge: "Religious attendance is actually *increasing* among [young] men." Image
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Source:
"Since this is a newish trend, it’s amenable to all manner of speculative interpretations, but two competing ones stand out. A masculinization of American Christianity could be seen as yet another force driving the polarization of the sexes.. Or it could be seen as a potential answer to that polarization, a positive sign for male-female relations in the long run." @DouthatNYT nytimes.com/2024/09/27/opi…
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Sep 25, 2024
1. We know the "success sequence" is tied to better economic outcomes for young adults.

The sequence is also tied to better emotional outcomes & less distress. @FamStudies
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2. "Even after controlling for income, the sequence remains a significant factor in predicting young adult mental health. Their odds of experiencing high emotional distress by their mid-30s are reduced by about 50% for young adults who have completed the 3 steps of the Success Sequence, after controlling for a range of background factors."
3. One reason this is the case is that the sequence is linked to greater family stability. For instance:

"Millennials who married before having children are more likely to have stable marriages. Among Millennials who followed this path, 73% are in intact families (married / never divorced) by their mid-30s, compared with only 30% of those who had children before or outside of marriage." ifstudies.org/ifs-admin/reso…
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